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Maben Mine No. 1: 27 MSHA citations Coal

Maben Coal, LLC · Underground
Controlled by Ramaco Resources Inc
Hotchkiss, Wyoming County, WV  ·  Temporarily Idled
MSHA Mine ID: 4609446

Maben Mine No. 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets, plus health sampling and the full incident record.

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Fatalities
0
Total incidents
0
Years on record
—
Latest incident
—
Compliance record
MSHA citations since 2013
27
citations
7
significant & substantial
$7,556
proposed penalties
$4,989
paid to date
66% of proposed penalties paid to date, a $2,567 gap.
Source: MSHA violations data, updated weekly.
See Maben Coal, LLC's full MSHA compliance history →
Inspection activity
MSHA inspections since 2013
34
inspections on record
248
inspection hours
n/a
citations per 100 inspection hours
ⓘ This rate is recorded citations divided by MSHA inspection hours, per 100 hours. It reflects inspection effort, not mine size or production.
Rate withheld: 248 inspection hours is too few for a stable rate. A minimum of 1,000 inspection hours is required.
Source: MSHA inspections data, updated weekly.

Maben Mine No. 1 has $8K in proposed MSHA penalties and $0 outstanding across 3 contested dockets.

Penalty disposition
ⓘ Differences between proposed and paid penalties reflect both settlements and conference reductions and amounts still owed. Outstanding is the balance currently owed.
$8K
proposed penalties
$5K
current assessed
$5K
paid to date
$0
outstanding
27 assessments are final orders; 3 contested dockets.
Of $6K in penalties contested before the Commission, $3K was upheld in final decisions.
As of the most recent assessment on 2017-01-11.
Source: MSHA assessed-violations and conference/litigation data, updated weekly.
Violation severity profile
ⓘ Shares are computed over citations that carry the MSHA gravity and negligence coding; a small share of records are uncoded.
25.9%
significant & substantial
3.7%
high negligence or reckless
25.9%
reasonably likely or greater
14.8%
permanently disabling or fatal if injury occurs
Negligence coding: 0.0% none, 22.2% low, 74.1% moderate, 3.7% high, 0.0% reckless.
Source: MSHA violations gravity and negligence coding, updated weekly.
When citations were contested
ⓘ Contesting a citation before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission is a lawful right. These figures state the public outcomes of that process, from MSHA's Contested Violations file.
19 citations taken to the federal commission · 70% of citations on record
  • Settled 19 · 100%
50%
S&S designation survived the contest
ⓘ Counts a Significant & Substantial citation as surviving when a settlement or judge's decision kept the designation, or the contest was dismissed or defaulted so the citation stands as issued. Vacated and withdrawn citations, and settlements that removed the designation, count against.
of 6 decided S&S contests · industry: 79%
46%
Penalty reduction in decided contests
$6K proposed, $3K after decisions · industry: 39%
Source: MSHA Contested Violations file (public record), updated weekly. A dismissed or defaulted contest leaves the citation standing as issued; a vacated or withdrawn citation is removed from the violation record. Latest contest filed 2013-11-26.
Contested penalties
ⓘ A reduction or dismissal at the Commission is a lawful outcome of contesting a proposed penalty. Figures are the proposed amount and the amount upheld in the docket's decision.
Largest penalties this mine contested before the Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission, with the outcome on record.
Docket Decision Judge Year Proposed / upheld
WEVA 2014-216 Settlement Lesnick 2014 $3K → $1K
WEVA 2013-1078 Settlement Lesnick 2014 $2K → $1K
WEVA 2013-1112 Settlement Lesnick 2014 $740 → $740
Source: FMSHRC civil penalty dockets and decisions (public record), updated weekly.
Ownership history
  1. Maben Coal, LLC 2012 to present
Source: MSHA controller and operator history, updated weekly.
Workforce and production
Year Employees
2016 0
2015 2
2014 2
2013 2
2012 1
Source: MSHA quarterly employment and production, updated weekly.

Maben Mine No. 1 sits in Wyoming County, West Virginia, where the Census mining category is 11.2% of county employment.

Local economic context
ⓘ County figures come from the US Census Bureau's American Community Survey, 5-year pooled estimates, so the 2023 vintage covers 2019 through 2023. The Census category is 'mining, quarrying, and oil and gas extraction', which is broader than MSHA jurisdiction and includes oil and gas workers no mine employs. These figures describe the surrounding county, not this mine, and are not a factor in any specific incident.
Wyoming County, West Virginia · Population 20,948
11.2%
Mining share of county employment
$48,038
Median household income
Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 2023 5-year estimates.
Quarterly safety rates
ⓘ Citations per million reported employee-hours. Rates begin in 2000, when MSHA's quarterly employment data starts; earlier incidents are counted but cannot be rate-adjusted. Quarters under 100,000 reported hours are greyed: too few hours for a stable rate.
Citations per million employee-hours, as reported to MSHA
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2016 Q2 0 0 0
2016 Q1 0 0 0
2015 Q4 1,035 0 0 0.0
2015 Q3 1,025 0 0 0.0
2015 Q2 1,060 0 0 0.0
2015 Q1 1,050 0 0 0.0
2014 Q4 1,080 2 1 1851.9
2014 Q3 1,040 0 0 0.0
Show 8 earlier quarters
Quarter Hours worked Citations S&S Per 1M hrs
2014 Q2 1,040 0 0 0.0
2014 Q1 1,040 0 0 0.0
2013 Q4 1,040 0 0 0.0
2013 Q3 1,040 3 2 2884.6
2013 Q2 240 12 0 50000.0
2013 Q1 240 0 0 0.0
2012 Q4 200 0 0 0.0
2012 Q3 0 0 0

No reportable incidents on file.

MSHA has no recorded reportable accidents for this mine in the current dataset. New reports appear here within a week of being filed.